2000

WASHINGTON-Metrocall Inc. and Aether Systems Inc. have teamed to provide interactive news alerts and other information services from Congressional Quarterly to journalists and party officials at the Republican and Democratic …

LONDON-Digital cellular location technology provider CellPoint Inc. reported its application to list its common stock on the Nasdaq National Market was approved and is expected to begin trading July 12 …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net introduced its Global Market Pro wireless data application which was developed with Chase Manhattan Bank. It is designed to provide real-time, custom financial data to users. Chase …

Motorola Inc. posted net income of $515 million on sales of $9.25 billion in the second quarter, up from $269 million on $7.59 billion a year earlier. Earnings per share …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Integrated communications services provider CenturyTel selected Ericsson Inc. to supply a wireless broadband point-to-multipoint access system solution based on next-generation Time Division Multiple Access architecture with Fast Dynamic Capacity …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has reduced by one penny the amount of regulatory fees commercial mobile radio services carriers must pay to 30 cents per unit. “Clearly the FCC is …

The term wireless application service provider has been tossed around a lot lately. But what exactly is a wireless ASP and why is it so popular at this stage of …

NEW YORK-The iAnywhere Solutions Inc. subsidiary of Sybase Inc., Emeryville, Calif., will join L.M. Ericsson in a global strategic alliance to develop and deliver what the companies are calling the …

NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Freetel, the second-largest wireless provider in South Korea, is leaning toward deploying new technology in the third-generation license band. As recently as late June, Y.D. Hong, KT …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to supply Austrian Global System for Mobile communications operator One a core Nokia General Packet Radio Service network. One is currently using a Nokia …

RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. signed an agreement with General Electric Co. to provide circuit switched satellite data communications services to GE’s transportation business operations, GE Transportation Systems. Motient said the satellite …

Nigeria Motorola Inc. was awarded a $21 million expansion contract from Intercellular Nigeria Ltd. to supply and deploy a Code Division Multiple Access fixed wireless loop network in Nigeria. Motorola’s …

LONDON-Amid the flickering satellite communications business, Craig McCaw’s ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd. appears to be shining bright after receiving more than $1 billion in investor financing led by McCaw’s Eagle River …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association has signed an agreement with the American Petroleum Institute to notify petroleum and pipeline licensees of potential interference caused when ITA coordinates shared frequencies in …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced it entered arrangements with Hutchison Whampoa and KPN Mobile to cooperate on European third-generation mobile networks. The agreements cover four European markets-the United Kingdom, Germany, France and …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association plans to file documents this week asking a federal court to allow it to join in a lawsuit that could have a substantial impact on …

Only here, in the democratic power center of the world, could leaking and stonewalling simultaneously be art forms worthy of the Smithsonian Institution. But it’s true. In fact, this is …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Value-added wireless logistics services provider CellStar Corp. reported that its operating company, CellStar Ltd., entered into a master distributor agreement with the Latin America Group of Motorola Inc.’s Personal …

MALAYSIA-Telekom Malaysia launched Wireless Application Protocol services based on Motorola Inc.’s Mobile Internet Exchange platform, leveraging content from Telekom Multimedia, the Internet and multimedia division of Telekom Malaysia. The first …

GREAT RIVER, N.Y.-ThinkersGroup.com announced it has completed a beta test for its Web-to-wireless application, which it says can enable any Extensible Markup Language Web site to be viewed on wireless …

LONDON-Global telecommunications group Cable & Wireless announced it is investing $20 million in European Internet business accelerator GorillaPark. C&W said the investment reflects its commitment to delivering innovative Internet Protocol …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it has almost tripled its existing agreement with Lucent Technologies Inc. to purchase and sell network equipment to Leap’s subsidiary, Cricket. Leap will purchase …

SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. completed network enhancements enabling German mobile operator T-Mobil to deploy a commercial mobile Internet service based on General Packet Radio Service. With the introduction of …

NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. introduced its Mobility Lab, designed to develop and evaluate mobile Internet applications and technologies regardless of device or network type. Strategic partners in the lab include Aether …

Any industry that converges with the Internet has seen its entire model be destroyed and rebuilt. Like a tidal wave, it crashes and levels the playing field. For many, this …